Understanding Obstacles in Psychiatric Research: An Analysis of the Structure of Mood via Merleau-Ponty

• Authors: Cacciatore Raymond
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It is no secret that the methodology within psychiatric research has been challenged to the point of a possible paradigm shift. After decades of failed attempts to determine biological markers for the mental illnesses classified by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual, we are witnessing a radical transformation of the way we think about mental illness. While research seems to be on the right track by migrating from a discrete categorical approach to a dimensional matrix of the neurobiological conditions responsible for cognition, there are concerns that the neurosciences involved in the development of this dimensional framework will be unable to arrive at a diagnostic system appropriate for clinicians. Consequently, it has been suggested that researchers and clinicians should develop distinct ontologies. I argue that such an approach will not do justice to the complexity of mental illness and offer insight into the applicability of a phenomenological approach in psychiatric research.

Keywords

EN

philosophy of psychiatry; Merleau-Ponty; phenomenology; Diagnostic Statistical Manual; Research Domain Criteria; mood disorders

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 39-51

Dates

published

2020-08-05

Contributors

author

Cacciatore Raymond

• Department of Philosophy, Concordia University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14394/eidos.jpc.2020.0015